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  • Emergent Jews

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    There was a meeting recently between Emergent Christians and a group of Jews calling themselves "Emergent Jews" sponsored by Synagogue 3000, an organization working to revitalize Judaism. Emergent Jews is an article about the event published in The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. At this point, anyway, the dialogue is just beginning. The first…

  • ABC Video on Emergent

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    Andrew Jones had a link yesterday to a 6.5 minute ABC news piece on the Emerging Churches. I found it interesting. You can find it here.

  • The State of Emergent 2006

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    The State of Emergent 2006 is an article written by Emergent-US coordinator, Tony Jones, in Next-Wave Magazine. He is reflecting on what happened in the Emergent conversation last year and writing about what he expects in the near future. One observation that should be of interest to many of you faithful readers: A couple of…

  • A Southern Baptist Leader on Emergent

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    Scot McKnight had a link to an article by Ed Stetzer called FIRST-PERSON: Understanding the emerging church. He gives his view of three branches of the Emergent Conversation. It is a great article if you want insight into Emergent from the conservative Baptist lens. As a side note, this article prompted something in me. Talking…

  • Nearer, My God, to the G.O.P.

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    Nearer, My God, to the G.O.P. is a piece by Joseph Loconte in the New York Times. I like this guy's perspective. A couple of key quotes: "'We affirm God's vision of a good society offered to us by the prophet Isaiah,' he [Jim Wallis] writes. Yet Isaiah, an agent of divine judgment living in…

  • Emerging Church Events at Princeton Theological Seminary, Nov 2-4

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    I know some think I am a bit nutty with this whole Emergent Presbyterian thing. To show that I am not the only one, none other than Princeton Seminary has been exploring these topics. Emerging Church Events at Princeton Theological Seminary, Nov 2-4

  • What is the Emerging Church? Pro-Aplenty

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    What is the Emerging Church? Pro-Aplenty is the next post by Scot McKnight on the Emerging Church. Here he claims the Emerging Church is: Pro-missional Pro-Jesus Pro-Church Pro-culture Pro-sensory worship Also, I missed linking his first post in this series What is the Emerging Church?

  • What is the Emerging Church? Postmodernity

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    What is the Emerging Church? Postmodernity is the second installment in a series by Scot McKnight on the Emerging Church. This post is an exceptionally lucid description of postmodernity related to the Emerging Church. Here are the opening paragraphs: This series on “What is the Emerging Church?” is designed to help the many who are…

  • What is the Emerging Church? Protest

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    What is the Emerging Church? Protest is a post by Scot McKnight on his Jesus Creed blog. He lists ten things he thinks the Emerging Movement is protesting. I think it is a very sound description. He plans to write about postmodernism in his next post.

  • If Peter Had Been Emergent

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    Matt 16:13-17   13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"  14 And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 15 He said to them, "But…